This week , is the week, we all are waiting for a long time..it’s Thanksgiving time here, so my kids have the whole week off and we are off to Las Vegas tonight and coming back on Friday 26th, then Saturday we have a dinner party at our house that too we have been looking forward to spend some good time with a few friends..

Last week was gone in painting a room only..I am not a pro and it took me long than I anticipated..it turned out like this..

(The walls are this color now, except one side, that will remain white but the other 3 sides are colored..it’s Behr’s “Chianti” !)

and a lovely package of this in my mail from a very dear friend..thank you..

I would say a wonderful weekend.. though it rained most of the time..next week I guess I will have lots of pictures from Las Vegas and my dinner party, this time I will definitely remember to take pictures before guests come in, unlike Diwali …

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I have books, loads and loads but I don’t have a library to keep all of them neatly organized at one place. Some are in a shelf in our living room, some in our home office/study room, bedside table in the bedroom and most of them in boxes in our garage. I hate to see my precious books boxed up in the garage. I have been looking for ideas to display my collection if not all at least more than what I have now !!

I like this from Apartment Therapy. It’s simple and clean something that I can manage to incorporate in our house.

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Is it really happy ?? or you dread it , getting back to the daily grind?? Well, how was weekend?

Mine ?? My pictures will talk for me ..

My friend gave me this beautiful, sparkly picture frame during Diwali.. So, I did this..

I put the frame in my corner table at our living room with other things.. now you might be wondering what is that in the frame.. well, that’s rakhi that my 2 boys got from their cousin sister during rakshabandhan, it was mailed via DHL from India, I wanted my boys to remember how they are loved by their cousin even being so far..

Though it’s been a year in our house but due to budget we never got a chance to set up our media room, but we are getting started. The paint has been chosen and bought, the first step to setting up is to colour !!! So I did this :

All ready to paint !! I will show you the pictures once it’s done !!!

And lots of coffee and reading all those wonderful blogs in this corner of the sofa ..

That’s all.. Now I will link this post up @ Patty’s “Weekend Wrap Up “ If you haven’t visited the blog Colors Dekor.. well, let’s just say you should !!!

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I wish I had taken lots of pictures, but alas !! that didn’t happen so a little glimpse only..next year I will remember to take picture ahead of the party and if not at least have somebody designated as photographer for the evening..

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Since Diwali is the festival of lights , it’s for granted that we all are going to light some candles, diyas , lamps…Nowadays there is a craze for lanterns !! of different shapes and sizes and even colors …From Ikea to Target to World Market , Pier 1..you name it they all sell lanterns..Lanterns are now everywhere but not restricted to ethnic stores only..

Here are some lighting ideas with lanterns for this Diwali season..

These terracotta lanterns from Matsya are very organic and colorful..These lanterns can go with your traditional decor and even for your eclectic and earthy decor !!!